The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-06-16
Maine Matters.
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
BEAR HUNTING IN MAINE.

MHlu6 MdLC6FS.
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER TIE STATE
BEAR HUNTING IN MAINE
Boston Herald correspondent met um
herman on a train recently and asked him
care there many bears in Maine?' "Weil,
replied the lumberman, stroking his beard
there are not SO many as there were once, We
the race of bruins is far from being extinct
Last year the state authorities paid nearl.
$1,000 in bountes for those killed. and ther,
were some 600, think. captured. You sec til.
state gives Il bounty of s. for every bear killed
and when you take into consideration that tn,
skin is worth all the way from $40 to $50, it i
quite an lnducement to Il good many to 60 bea
hunting. Most of the bears arc found in Wash
ington, Penobscot, AroostOok and piscataqui
counties. Up round Greenvle. where you ar,
going. there are more of them caught than il
any other town in Maine. Over 300 were killet
there last year. When one kills bear, to gel
the bounty he has to hand over to the tow
treasurer the two ears and nose of the animal
These are kept by that gentleman until the enc
or the year, when they are burned, and thu
treasurer then makes a return to the secretary
of state at Augusta, of the number on which he
has paid a bounty. He is then reimbursed by
the state for the money he has paid out. Oul
Maine bears 90 into their dens late in the fall
where they generally stay until April before
they come out. They winter in some hole in the
rocks or in hollow trees where they make theil
beds of dried leaves or evergreen boughs
Their long winters sleep reduces them consi,l.
erably in flesh, and one would suppose they
would be ravenous enough from their Ion. pc
riod OF fasting when they come out in the
spring. But. strange as it may appear. they
never eat much at first. but spend most of theil
time in travelling about. Green grass, frogs
fish, worms, wild honey and all sorts of bugs
and berries constitute their food until they ar,
hiIprE1tp lnlIoS fnr nnrs,
cornlield, and sometimes his pigpen and hen
roost, has to suffer from their deprcdations
She bears drop their cubs before leaving theil
winter quarters i'll the spring. Did you know
If they are ever moe>ted in their winter re-
treats, they will give premature birth to theil
young. and then desert them hy making off:
Well, that is true, | would tell you more about
their habits if was not obliged to get Off here
Good day. SIR
Here the train pulled up at Carmel.
TIE STATE FAIR.
Geo. T.. Bracket, of Belfast, one of the trtI,
tees of the Maine State Fair attended meet
ing of the board at North Allson last week t.
arrange matters for the coming State fair al
Lewiston. Sept. 90 The premium list has
been revised and enlarged and will soon he
ready for distribution. Several important ah
,ition> have been made including premiums
for grange exhibits. dairyin". horse breeding,
state on team. stallion race. and some % OF
more special prizes offered by individuals aside
from the regular societies offers. This plan
was inau@lirated by the officers individually
last year. and was successful it has beer
largely extended and promises to prove vcr,
popular. And the indications point to one OF
the best exhibitions ever made bv the society
All that is needed to make the fair Il complct,
success financially aS well as otherwise is fair
weather. IT the weather is au>piciou> from
Sept. ; to :. the annual fair of the Maine State
A,rc .,ll fI,t,
THE REFRIGERATOR CARS.
Shippers of perishabl, Goods inc,u,lin,. ho.f
pouItrv. cuos hutter fruit ctr will ha f,Ia,Sn,
to learn that the a1nrahle sy.tcm of f. refri'+rr.
ator ears on thc Maine Central will h. can.
tinucl ,hi> yr.r They will Ln .,tt.ch.I to tha
trains leaving Rnnuo,. Every Tuesday and Thnrs.
dny mornin%S ,t : N, n.rlnck Ern;,,ht fnr Ens.
TON only will hn ro,.;v.,l ,,, tb.so I,r. y. no,
,r,irnoteL on thr road iii thrir ,rriv.,i i;
Ro,tun. rhrs,. ears viii hn .un,,ii.J rith H..
and no Mains hovn h..n .,,,t.I =, p,.,l.. thr,
suitable in rvnrv r,snr'.t fn, the .nr'ic'. m fn,
which they are ,lesirnci 1 tim, ,,,i. h,.
been iss,IrI uiyin~ tlc ,l,vs ,n.l hmnrS .t whi,l
train, viii th.Sn ,ar' viii i..,v No ,,r;'',,I
st,tin,,S ' -
HE SAVINGS BANKS.
From the results of the first examination fol
1SsI of the savings banks and trust com,,ani,.,
of Maine, as made by Fred f. Richards ESD
bank examiner. We learn that the amount of
deposits in the tfty-four savings banks NAV |
was S;}S ~. 40 So an increase i'm the six month.
then clo>in. of 81 .O::'2 500 40 During the sam,
period the reserved fund has increased S5o
sS4.G7. and amounts to 81 III ,62a92. The frs,
examination of the banks in lSS,;. showed tL,t
the value of their assets exceeded their actual
liabilities by 81 .5S}, 9.76; the examination
lust concluded shows this excess to he 81 1,1 !.
OO4.92, Il gain i'm surplus during the wear OF
$5' Isl. .1G This increase comes almost wholly
from the appreciation in the market value Of
securities, the choicest bonds I,yin,s made III,
greatest advance.
MEri"pISM IN MAINE.
The forthcoming volume of the "iEisIory of
Mcthodism in Maine" hv Rev. Stcphrn Allen
ID. d., is now i'm press and will he issued Jur-
ING the present summer. it will be n volume
of nearly SEQ pages. and in addition ia Tho
historical and statistical matter relating TO III.
organization and urowth of thc Mrthodi,t
Episcopal church in his Statc. if will contain,
portraits and sketches of many of its forn,.,
distinguished cleryymru and lavmrn in th,
State. and PROMISES to he a work Of ~rrat
interest TO all interested in thr history ,,ruwtl
ana s,,crcss of that ,lrnnminntnn
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N"' BLAINE fAs'l'i SN''' FOR III h"it.
Hon. James q. Blaine left Augusta june 5tl
Bliine and two daughters, Margaret and Hat
tie, who left home Monday. The party sailed
Tor Europe from New York June Sth OH til,
North German Lloyd steamer Ems. which
lands at northampton. After remaining {;
while in England. the continent will be visit
ed, the party travelling at their leisure. How
long they Will be absent has not been deter